September 25 – December 5, 2020
6397
199 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10012
We are thrilled to announce the sixth collaboration in our partnership with 6397 featuring exhibitions of Creative Growth artists to their Manhattan store. Stella Ishii, Founder and Creative Director of 6397, has been a friend and supporter of Creative Growth for over 20 years.
“Embroidered Works” features textile work by Dan Miller and Ying Ge Zhou, on exhibition from September 25 to December 5, 2020. The work is available for sale in the Creative Growth online shop.
Dan Miller’s work often uses fluorescent markers and paints; and here, akin to his technique on paper, he over-paints and then over-embroiders his initial brushwork, adding a tactile, material quality to his surfaces that nearly blocks-out his groundwork. The multi-colored, box-like patterns of embroidery follows the under-painted patterns of boxes and squares, fusing the two mediums of expression. The blue and white hued embroidery and paint is in a configuration resembling a series of lightbulbs, a recurring motif within his work.
The art of Ying Ge Zhou has an immediately recognizable charm. Like Miller, she too works in various mediums, however her embroidery and paint on fabric is done in a figurative manner. Pairs of people dancing, moving, and interacting, or, as solitary individuals or small groups, in spare frontal portraits, facing forward, gazing directly at the viewer. The embroidery over Ying Ge's subtle, delicate brushwork adds a layer of texture and physicality to her work. The pearls give a dramatic surface tension, vibrantly opulent, yet tinged with emotion and memory.
